thinwater

I have a crack in a seam of an LDPE fresh water tank. The tank can't be removed so "welding" is a not an option.

I'd planned to use G-Flex reinforced with fiberglass, however, it appears G-Flex is not food safe. I'm hoping to retain potential potability from the tank. I came across your 5/11/18 post saying you'd had success with Sika 291, which appears to be food-safe.

Several questions - TIA:

1. Since your earlier post, have you encountered any other compounds that you might recommend for this project instead?

2. The Internet asserts that epoxies like G-Flex are not food-safe in any configuration, however, there are several posts saying that epoxy becomes inert after curing for 30 days. Perhaps even though it's "inert", it might still leech BPAs into the tank? Would you have any opinion on this?

And finally, we enjoy your blog, Practical Sailor articles, and books. Thank you for your effort on our behalf in the Chesapeake sailing community.

Best,

Wayne

Thanks!

Hi Thinwater,

re your post Anyone got any recent studies?

I respectfully disagree in respect to removing 2 stroke motors from comparisons.
1. I can pop down to any marine shop this morning and buy NEW motors from a wide range of 2 stroke outboards right up to 300hp; no they're not illegal in many many countries. Alternatively I can buy/import them legitimately on Alibaba, and yes even US based EBay or Amazon.

2. CruiserForum is an international forum not a US forum.

This isn't to suggest that these little motors aren't contributing very negatively to the environment.

Also I do appreciate your posts and you make some great points about all manner of issues.

Best regards,
Grant

I wanted to bounce a bridle question off of you and Panope pls. re. Stretch / Length / Damping.
I cannot readily do the "full boat length" solution. I saw one guy suggesting large bore dyneema (yeah, I know) with speargun rubber inside.
I know another splicing rubber into his 3 strand.
Both solutions to give more "stretch" in the same bridle.
Has anyone played / tested this that you know of?
Have you seen any comments on Stretch vs Damping?

Thanks
Paul

Thanks. Sadly, it's inevitable here on CF. I just try and ignore them ... not always successfully, but I try.

I saw the picture of your solar panel in the latest thread on flexible solar panels and it looks exactly like the one that came with my Hunter260. Can I ask how many watts (or what your maximum wattage) that you see on the panel when charging?

I'm up in Puget Sound and I think the most I've seen on my Victron charge controller is 20W.
Thanks,
Sean

I saw your recent msgs on riding sails and testing and I saw you mention using a load cell to measure. Would you mind sharing what load cell you used? I've often though about using one as our boat yaws considerably at anchor and I've often wondered just what sort of forces are involved. I've also been curious on just how much force we are able to exert when backing down to set, etc... I haven't find much that looked like it would work so I am curious what you found to use. Thanks.

Interesting.

I don’t know how they can treat two Type III heads in different ways. Surely won’t survive a court challenge if anyone bothers. They could just as easily have compost head users “pump out” every two weeks as well.

Must be a lot of compost head users to produce this kind of reaction. Surprising…

When I dump in a dumpster, which doesn’t happen very often for me, I do double-bag. I’m not sure how gross it would be if was in a small can — the end product looks, smells and feels like soil. But I think it could fill a small can pretty quickly. And it’s kinda heavy.

I have never heard of any other jurisdiction that has this kind of targeted restriction against CHs.

You are reported to be the area expert for the cape may to Virginia Beach stretch. Are Ocean City and Chincoteague accessible to a 32 Bristol 4.6 draft? Any insight you can provide is greatly appreciated! Dk

Dear sir!
Please advise on proper tether to be used on Tartan 33 - main question how to connect to harness/user side? Shackle, double action witchard type hook or Black diamond locking carabiner? Thanks a gazillion. mauser